How does your facility utilize pitocin for post-3rd stage?

[klone]

Once the placenta is delivered, most of our OBs like to have 20 mu Pit in the bag (or 10 mu if

How do your OBs do it?

[jenrninmi, MSN, RN]

We use 10 U in 1000 ml bag. Usually 20 U in 1000 ml bag after C/S. After an hour or so with a lady partsl birth, if uterus is firm and bleeding is fine, infusion is turned off.

[eden]

Like I posted earlier we do 5 units IV push or 10 units IM and generally that is all that is needed. We don't give it 20 or 40 units because it is not always necessary and why give them an infusion and keep them hooked to a pump when it is not needed.